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Route - An alternative account gives the date of opening as 1928 with the following comment<br>The line connects [[Jaynagar]] (India) to Janakpur (Nepal), a distance of 32km, an important Nepalese pilgrimage site, about 100 km south-Jaynagar(India)east of Kathmandu. From Janakpur the line continues to Bijalpura. <ref>[http://www.michael-murr.de/index.php?page=187&languageid=en "Janakpur Railway" by Michael Muir]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2019</ref>.
Opened At [[Jaynagar]] to transport Nepalise timber to India,in service until 1965there was an interchange with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) ‘Jaynagar Branch’ of the ‘[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]’ (B&NWR).
{{Work==Background and Early History==Although the Janakpur to Jaynagar railway primarily transports people, it was not always so. The rail line was constructed in the 1930s during Rana period by Juddha Shamsher Rana “to facilitate the logging operations on his extensive forest holdings north of Janakpur”. Ranas lived in Kathmandu but claimed vast tracts of land in Tarai. “During the period when the Rana prime ministers held sway in Kathmandu, tarai lands were liberally distributed to family members and loyal retainers. The income from these lands accumulated into fortunes for these land-grant holders.”<ref name=Hist>[https://www.madhesiyouth.com/history/history-janakpur-jaynagar-railway/ ‘History of Janakpur to Jaynagar Railway’, posted May 31, 2017]; Retrieved 3 Jul 2020</ref>. ==Present Situation==The operating company "Transport Corporation of Nepal -Janakpur Railway" was renamed to "Nepal Railways Corporation Ltd." in2004, but is still a state-Progressowned enterprise. After a washout of the railway embankment and two bridges the track between Janakpur and Bijalpura (22 km railway line) was closed in 2001. The remaining Janakpur–Jaynagar railway track was converted to 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge in 2018 and the extension to Bardibas is under construction <ref name=wiki/>. ==External Links==* In 2015, BBC made a three-Rly}}part documentary series called “India’s Frontier Railways”. Each series covers India’s trains crossing borders in either Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. The documentary shows how families, cultures and history are connected across the border through railway lines. The documentary about Nepal is titled, “The Last Train in Nepal” and is highly recommended. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VditQ0yioU&index=2&list=PLkg9RL0DNiRPQ7b1XgLr8mCQlMsUJSBDF YouTube BBC “India’s Frontier Railways”. “The Last Train in Nepal] == References ==<references />
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[[File:Nepal-Janakpur_Railway.png|thumb| Nepal-Janakpur Railway ]]The ‘[[Nepal-Janakpur Railway]]’, otherwise known as the '''Janakpur Railway''' and the '''Jaynagar-Janakpur Railway''' was reportedly opened 1937. The line was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway constructed by the British in 1937. The 28-mile-long (45 km) track was built to carry timber from the then heavily forested areas of Janakpur in Kingdom of Nepalto [[Jaynagar]] in British India. The railway was later extended from Janakpur to Bijalpura, a further 13 miles(21km) and became known as the '''Jayanagar-Janakpur -Bijalpura Railway'''<ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal_Railways Wikipedia "Nepal Railways"]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2019</ref>
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